New Nurse In Town

This post is to Congratulate my cousin Elma Mae M. Barcelo for Passing the Licensure Examinations for Nurses.. results came out last July 24, 2008.

All those sleepnights has now come to a sweet end.. All the headaches will now be filled with joy awww... ehehe..

Congratulations also to others who passed.. and for those who didn't make it.. it's not yet the end of the world.. you will have this as we have said.. In his own time.. trust in him and everything will be fine.. just believe in yourself and strive harder next time.. dont forget to pray.. it definitely helps..


ME AND RN.RM (nice pics) ahahah

Our Male Parent

How do you call your male parent? Do you call him Papang, Papa?? what else? hmm.. just buzzed to my mind on how people call their "Male Parent" when someone called the attention of my YM Status Messenger that Im using the "Papang" word to call my father. Thanks for bringing it up. Ive try to seek some common names we call him especially for Filipinos or what they wanted you to call him. Please correct me if some are wrong:)

Here are some:
-Papang - This is what I call him.. Also common to our family, how my cousins call their fathers
-Papa
-Daddy or Dad for Short
-Itay - You mostly hear this from teleseryes..
-Erpats - Its a pinoy street language reversing the word (T change from D if pinoy spelling).. You may not be callinig Him this way :) i suggest not too also
-Ama
-Amahan - Cebuano..
-Tata - Chavacano
-Pops or Paps
-Tatay or Tay


Hmmm so many names we call our father.. some differences but mainly its the same.. the respect is there.. he should be called with respect.. maybe this differs ours to other cultures where they just call him by his First Name..

Well today is special to all of them whatever name we call him.. He is one of the important persons in our lives.. We can have as many partners, friends, boss/modirs, mentors that will pass to our lives but there can only be One Father in our Life.. Of course there is one common Father to all of us which is always watching and guiding us everyday high above..

So Id like to greet all our Fathers a very Happy Fathers Day.. and thank you.. thank you for having you in my life..


Also if you have any names you call your dad just post it in the comments. Thanks.

good to be back..

its good to be back... after some few months off to blogging and the internet... well, well, well, what did i missed out? and what has happened during the time i was out.. well hope its not that much..

well new look for my blogsite (yeah because i broke it last nyt!)... hope i made some improvements.. hope it looked better than before.. hehe..

hope you can visit my site....

welcome 2008!!

its senti time again.. hahaha.. its getting late in doha and almost its new year time in the philippines and still im talking to some friends in dubai.. putting jokes regarding how bad they cried today missin their families back home.. lookin at their webcams i found some still with teary eyes.. i think you know who you are hahaha.. then its my turn.... went out again to call "cheap".. now its my turn to have my tears fall... well i think im starting to get used to this kind of sadness after all.. still lucky to contact my family and love ones when some cannot go thru the "traffic" of communication lines in the phils...

and a few hours after?? whats next.. we also deserve to have a party ayt? yeah we did attend one.. thanks again to the Kho family who was very kind to pick us up from our flat to theirs and vice versa.. hope you guys wont get tired of inviting us.. at exactly 12am everyone was up in their feets when mrs. kho threw some coins and bills as a common filipino tradition.. of course i did not waste time to pick up some!! nyahahaha... then back to drinking while watching a very heart warming movie on tfc entitled "KOKEY" nyahahha..

well guess New Years Eve celebration here in Doha is not that sad for filipinos right?

first mass at doha...

ive been at doha for almost 3 weeks now... "simbang gabi" days have passed... christmas day has also passed and still i havent set foot into a catholic church in doha... finally!! last night i got a chance to go to PSD (Philippine School Doha) to attend a mass.. it was a lucky time for me since the place was not very crowded that night where usually latecomers only got to hear the mass outside of the place.. it was a very nice scene to see.. filipinos of all sorts are gathered around bowing their heads, praising and giving thanks to all the blessings they received on life.. at that time no one there was highly paid, no one is boss, no one is under paid a bunch of people believing in one common thing.... it was also nice to see that despite the very cold night many people are there with their jackets on smiling at you and saying one popular word "KABAYAN"...

with the inspiring words of the lord and the smiles from your kababayan.. added strength and peace of mind was given to me.. i felt that despite the sad feeling of working away from your family.. we still have a reason to smile and be very much thankful in life.....

ayt?!

merry christmas DOHA!!!!

as excited as i am during christmas in the phils... i woke up early also this time jumped into my jogging pants and jacket go straight to the "internet phone" place where its cheaper to call in the phils than using my mobile.. its a lot less cheaper.. maybe half the price.. hahahah.. wow.. it made me feel better when i heard the voice of my parents and my cousins who to me are like my sisters... my christmas morning is complete...

lunch time was ok since i was invited by a friend to eat lunch and hang out in their nice flat just near ours.. thanks for the food maine! hahaha

to wrap up christmas day.. me, mel and benjie went out to have dinner at royal plaza where mel is craving for some sbarro's food.. thanks mel for the dinner and thank you kabayan for making the pizza crust very hard to bite. hahahaha.. then ending up walking at al corniche freezing our selves out.. hahah... thanks for the tour benjie!

again MERRY CHRISTMAS DOHA!!!

12/24/2007 - - - - an eve of first time..

whats up.. its my first post and what a time for it to come.. its Christmas... merry Christmas to all!

everything is new for me at this time of the year.....

this will be the first time im spending my Christmas outside of my hometown cavite city, philippines.. by the way im now here at doha,qatar.. ive just arrived here last december 07, 2007 (whoaaahh....what a time to leave the country huh.... i know some you will ask me that thats why ive put it up already) starting a new chapter of my career here hopefully to grow furthermore..

this will also be my first time spendin this season away from my beloved family... this one's tough.. at first i just laughed at it few days back.. laughed that it will be just normal to have it away from home.... but at the eve of Christmas.. i had a chance to have a chat to my family(thanks to yahoo messenger) talkin bout their plans for christmas tomorrow, the food they are cooking.. my mom is cooking menudo for some visitors expected to come there every year.. then suddenly when me and my dad talked about that this is also our first christmas in our new home..tears just fell and there was the feeling of missing that special chance to be with them... seeing how happy they are that this christmas we are not worrying about paying the house rent for this month or the next.... oh yes its a first for us we now have our own house.. and im very thankful to have those persons who had helped us to put this house up.. i know you know who you are and again id like to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH.... just before more tears would go down i found my self saying goodbye to my father saying that i need to go now... i need to hide the sadness and tears inside me for them not to worry and get sad this time of the year..

but actually its true we really have to go because we are invited to a christmas celebration to one of our many kabayan's flat here in doha.. many thanks to the Kho Family who invited us to their party where we ate, drink and before walking out of their door they handed us with some nice gifts which will be very helpful to us in our stay here in qatar.. again to Ms. Melanie and her mom thank you very much from very bottom of out hearts.. it nice to feel that at this time where all of us (me, kuya mario, kuya cesar, kuya jojo & kuya edwin) are away from home you guys made us feel the spirit of christmas together with your family..

when we got back to our flat... although i had a few shots in the party staying at bed to sleep did not came very easy.. i found my self sitting very sadly in the kitchen/laundry area dialing numbers in my mobile fone without realizing that its already early morning time to those people whom im trying to call to.... then after saying thanks and greeting the someone up there happy birthday.. i finally gave up my self to bed for her to bring me to sleep.... merry christmas Doha..